Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure 652 475 409
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 8.17% 14.01% 9.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 47.28% 52.66% 41.27%
Number of salaries quoted 454 364 281
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,250 £78,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,379 902 991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.29% 26.61% 22.28%
Number of salaries quoted 962 652 607
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,150
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,353 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £79,250
England median annual salary £64,335 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +7.22% -4.76% -3.08%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +1 207 £60,000 +9.09% 111
Essex -1 151 £40,000 +6.67% 78
Cambridgeshire -12 129 £53,000 +57.04% 133
Suffolk +31 78 £39,875 -20.25% 30
Norfolk +1 61 £55,000 +10.00% 40
Bedfordshire -19 25 £37,500 +10.29% 33
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 112 (17.18%) SharePoint
2 54 (8.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.69%) WordPress
4 7 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.46%) IIS
6 3 (0.46%) SAS
7 2 (0.31%) Confluence
7 2 (0.31%) Luigi
8 1 (0.15%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 45 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.77%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.31%) Infor M3
2 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.31%) Towers Watson Igloo
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 211 (32.36%) Microsoft 365
2 123 (18.87%) Entra ID
3 96 (14.72%) Power Platform
4 84 (12.88%) Azure AI
5 73 (11.20%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (10.74%) AWS
7 68 (10.43%) OneDrive
8 36 (5.52%) PowerApps
9 34 (5.21%) Power Automate
10 29 (4.45%) Azure Logic Apps
11 24 (3.68%) Azure Data Factory
11 24 (3.68%) GitHub
12 22 (3.37%) Azure Service Bus
13 20 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (3.07%) GCP
14 18 (2.76%) SaaS
15 17 (2.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 16 (2.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 16 (2.45%) GitHub Copilot
17 15 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 78 (11.96%) Firewall
2 69 (10.58%) DNS
3 55 (8.44%) VPN
4 53 (8.13%) DHCP
5 38 (5.83%) TCP/IP
6 18 (2.76%) Wireless
7 15 (2.30%) MQTT
8 12 (1.84%) VLAN
9 11 (1.69%) Internet
9 11 (1.69%) Network Security
9 11 (1.69%) VoIP
9 11 (1.69%) WAN
10 10 (1.53%) LAN
11 8 (1.23%) PBX
12 7 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.61%) DMZ
13 4 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
14 3 (0.46%) Broadband
14 3 (0.46%) SSL
15 2 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (15.49%) Azure SQL Database
2 75 (11.50%) Power BI
3 56 (8.59%) MongoDB
4 33 (5.06%) Tableau
5 30 (4.60%) SQL Server
6 27 (4.14%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.07%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.61%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.61%) Looker
11 4 (0.61%) Milvus
11 4 (0.61%) MySQL
11 4 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
12 3 (0.46%) Metadata
12 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.31%) Big Data
13 2 (0.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (3.07%) Git
2 11 (1.69%) JIRA
3 4 (0.61%) MLflow
3 4 (0.61%) Selenium
3 4 (0.61%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.46%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.46%) git-flow
4 3 (0.46%) Terragrunt
5 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.31%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.15%) ERwin
6 1 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.15%) Postman
6 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.15%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 305 (46.78%) Social Skills
2 61 (9.36%) Finance
3 26 (3.99%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (2.30%) Marketing
5 14 (2.15%) Legal
6 13 (1.99%) Law
6 13 (1.99%) Retail
7 12 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (1.69%) Public Sector
9 9 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.38%) Games
10 6 (0.92%) Advertising
11 5 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.77%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.61%) Music Industry
13 3 (0.46%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.46%) Aviation
13 3 (0.46%) Banking
14 2 (0.31%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 152 (23.31%) Developer
2 112 (17.18%) IT Support
3 98 (15.03%) Analyst
4 82 (12.58%) .NET Developer
5 78 (11.96%) Support Engineer
6 77 (11.81%) IT Engineer
7 70 (10.74%) Senior
8 66 (10.12%) Junior
9 64 (9.82%) IT Support Engineer
10 61 (9.36%) Junior Analyst
11 34 (5.21%) Security Analyst
12 33 (5.06%) Lead
12 33 (5.06%) Senior Developer
13 32 (4.91%) Network Engineer
14 30 (4.60%) Data Analyst
15 29 (4.45%) Azure Engineer
15 29 (4.45%) Graduate
15 29 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 28 (4.29%) Ethical Hacker
16 28 (4.29%) Junior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (18.25%) .NET
2 97 (14.88%) .NET Core
3 78 (11.96%) ASP.NET
4 77 (11.81%) ASP.NET Core
5 62 (9.51%) CSS
6 56 (8.59%) HTML
7 55 (8.44%) RESTful
8 35 (5.37%) Entity Framework
8 35 (5.37%) React
9 30 (4.60%) ML.NET
10 29 (4.45%) Node.js
11 28 (4.29%) Blazor
12 24 (3.68%) Terraform
13 22 (3.37%) AngularJS
14 21 (3.22%) ASP.NET Web API
15 20 (3.07%) Kafka
15 20 (3.07%) Microsoft Graph
15 20 (3.07%) Vue
16 19 (2.91%) HTML5 Canvas
17 18 (2.76%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 41 (6.29%) Onboarding
2 40 (6.13%) Driving Licence
3 33 (5.06%) Cloud Native
4 28 (4.29%) Cyberattack
5 15 (2.30%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.69%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.07%) CCTV
10 7 (1.07%) iPhone
11 6 (0.92%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.92%) Digital TV
11 6 (0.92%) Legacy Code
11 6 (0.92%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.92%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.77%) BBC
12 5 (0.77%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 156 (23.93%) Windows
2 89 (13.65%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.45%) Linux
4 14 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (1.84%) Mac OS
6 11 (1.69%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.53%) Android
8 9 (1.38%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.31%) Unix
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (21.63%) AI
2 134 (20.55%) Cybersecurity
3 120 (18.40%) Agile
4 99 (15.18%) Mentoring
5 97 (14.88%) DevOps
6 83 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
7 81 (12.42%) Full-Stack Development
8 79 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
9 74 (11.35%) CI/CD
9 74 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (8.59%) Machine Learning
11 54 (8.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 46 (7.06%) Roadmaps
13 42 (6.44%) Cloud Security
14 41 (6.29%) Computer Science
15 39 (5.98%) Service Delivery
16 37 (5.67%) Migration
16 37 (5.67%) User Experience
17 36 (5.52%) Containerisation
18 35 (5.37%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 203 (31.13%) SQL
2 146 (22.39%) C#
3 105 (16.10%) Python
4 59 (9.05%) PowerShell
5 57 (8.74%) JavaScript
6 40 (6.13%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.07%) PHP
8 11 (1.69%) C++
8 11 (1.69%) Java
9 9 (1.38%) Bicep
10 8 (1.23%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.61%) Bash
11 4 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.61%) Rust
12 3 (0.46%) Ruby
12 3 (0.46%) Scala
13 2 (0.31%) Go
14 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 158 (24.23%) Azure Certification
2 77 (11.81%) Degree
3 37 (5.67%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (5.37%) CompTIA Security+
5 30 (4.60%) CCNA
5 30 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (4.29%) CEH
6 28 (4.29%) CompTIA CySA+
7 27 (4.14%) Network+ Certification
8 26 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.15%) Security Cleared
10 8 (1.23%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.23%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.23%) SC Cleared
11 7 (1.07%) CCNP
12 5 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.77%) CISSP
13 3 (0.46%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.46%) CCSK
13 3 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.60%) QA
2 28 (4.29%) GDPR
3 27 (4.14%) SLA
4 21 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (2.76%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (1.99%) NIST
7 8 (1.23%) NCSC
8 7 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.07%) GRC
9 6 (0.92%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.92%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.77%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 4 (0.61%) PMO
12 3 (0.46%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.15%) HL7
13 1 (0.15%) IFRS
13 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 145 (22.24%) Active Directory
2 38 (5.83%) Hyper-V
3 36 (5.52%) Docker
4 31 (4.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.31%) vSphere
9 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 78 (11.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (6.44%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.92%) SCCM
4 5 (0.77%) Ansible
5 3 (0.46%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.46%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Grafana
7 1 (0.15%) Nessus
7 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 459 (70.40%) Microsoft
2 80 (12.27%) ForeScout
3 49 (7.52%) Cisco
4 36 (5.52%) VMware
5 27 (4.14%) Apple
6 21 (3.22%) Google
7 16 (2.45%) Adobe
8 13 (1.99%) Facebook
8 13 (1.99%) Meraki
9 10 (1.53%) Ubiquiti
9 10 (1.53%) Veeam
10 9 (1.38%) Databricks
10 9 (1.38%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.07%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.07%) SonicWALL
12 5 (0.77%) Sony
12 5 (0.77%) Yahoo!
13 4 (0.61%) Citrix
13 4 (0.61%) Dell
13 4 (0.61%) SAP